Xbox Buys Activision Blizzard For Tons Of Money, Bobby Kotick To Leave in 2023 | GameSpot News

Microsoft has now officially announced it has acquired Activision Blizzard in a deal said to be valued at nearly $70 billion. The companies have agreed that Bobby will depart once the deal closes.

In this video, DeVante talks about Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard for $95 per share; a total payout of $68.7 billion. In buying Activision Blizzard, Microsoft will also take ownership of massive franchises like Call of Duty, Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch, as well as Activision Blizzard's eSports endeavors. If the deal goes through, Microsoft will have a total of 30 internal game development studios following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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[ALX_.]

Halo and CoD after this: "Fate had us meet as foes, but this deal will make us brothers"

[JackTheBlack]

Man game pass will be freaking crazy and amazing

[Whompy]

This is the best thing that could have happen to Activision blizzard. Morale probably went through the roof today. I’ve been hoping Microsoft would do something along these lines. If they bake world of Warcrafts subscription into gamepass it’ll be a huge shot in the arm for wow.

[JoaoPedro-ekxk]

I hope this means cod can be on steam again, and 4+ years-old cod games no longer being fully-priced

[ShawnKTheKing]

Xbox buying company out, this is going to be a crazy year

[emma]

The future of Activision and Blizzard seem good, Xbox will prob kick them into shape, this is a Huge W

[bradenlumley]

Xbox has been making really good moves since Phil Spencer took over and I’m glad to see it moving in a really positive direction

[justinnixon]

This good news now the employees can get treated right.

[KuroOokami]

I hope Microsoft really reins them in and makes the entire Blizzard/Activision a better place for everyone. I'm tired of hearing how they mistreat their employees. Once that happens, maybe I'll go back to playing Overwatch and things. It'd be nice to play a game I like that no longer supports unfair and inhuman work environments, to say the least.

[dersupra]

I think the biggest take for me is Righting of the ship. I have a feeling MS is going make everyone's working environment a good place again.... It's a great deal because there is a ton of talent there with a LONG list of historic games and franchises. Everything will still be coming to PC so there is only really 1 platform that will be left out but it's not like there aren't options on the table if you wanna play the newer games.... For basically free if you use MS reward point to pay for your GP

[TheInfinityMaster]

Aside from FINALLY firing Bobby, I hope Microsoft *reinstates/separates the "Vicarious Visions" studio name again* because that studio deserved way more than being "merged" into Blizzard.

[FaraMamedoff]

this is a real opportunity for Prototype 3!

[ragexd]

They really walked up to Activision door and said “here $70, 000, 000, 000 in cash now go”

[PirateKingLuffy-cq]

I think Microsoft is gonna take over entirety of the games just for people to enjoy cloud gaming, cuz they know its gonna be massive in few years, it was definitely a smart move

[tigerseye]

Seems like Microsoft decided the way to beat Sony/Playstation is by owning literally every game studio not directly working for them.

[kylelochner]

I'm hyped. Hopefully starcraft 2 and warcraft 3 can get decent support now

[RandalReid]

Jesus Christ, 70 billion. I'd be extremely happy to get even 1 percent of that

[CheeksMcGillicutty]

The biggest Pay to Win in gaming history

[varno]

Everyone's talking about Call of Duty or Warcraft... and im here like, "cool... maybe now we'll get another Hexen or Heretic 3!"

[yourwiiddealer]

It's good news for xbox fans, but I'm kinda worried that xbox is going to start to build a monopoly on the console gaming market. One of the things that I liked best about it was that you had a variety of choices, and each one had its own pros and cons, but with each big purchase like this, it's becoming harder and harder to choose something other than xbox.